Project Gutenberg 2015-06-27 Public domain in the USA. 286 Casas, Bartolomé de las 1484 1566 Casas, Bartolome de las Las Casas, Bartolomé de De las Casas, Bartolomé Historia de las Indias (vol. 1 de 5) Produced by Giovanni Fini, Josep Cols Canals and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Historia de las Indias" by Bartolomé de las Casas is a historical account written in the late 16th century. This work documents the European colonization of the Americas, focusing particularly on the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples by the Spanish and offering a critique of the injustices they faced. The narrative is framed through the experiences and observations of Las Casas himself, who was a prominent advocate for Indigenous rights. The opening of the book introduces the author's purpose in writing the history of the Indies, establishing the necessity of providing a truthful account of the injustices committed during the Spanish conquests. Las Casas reflects on the role of divine providence in the discovery of the New World and his own experiences, emphasizing his intention to defend both the honor of the Spanish crown and the dignity of the Indigenous peoples. He discusses the historical context and motivations behind writing this account, suggesting that it aims to instruct future generations on the errors of the past and emphasize the moral obligation to treat all peoples with respect and justice. (This is an automatically generated summary.) es America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Early works to 1800 Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506 -- Early works to 1800 Indians, Treatment of -- Latin America -- Early works to 1800 Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Early works to 1800 F1401 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 1148982 1148975 2024-09-20T13:36:29.429815 2023-09-21T09:59:51.411678 text/html text/html 1158468 2015-06-27T15:15:06 text/html; charset=utf-8 418447 2015-06-27T15:15:08 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 573991 2024-09-20T13:36:43.584755 application/epub+zip 575135 2024-09-20T13:36:31.847836 application/epub+zip 574258 2024-09-20T13:36:30.999814 application/epub+zip 806254 2024-09-20T13:36:53.178716 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 679507 2024-09-20T13:36:42.679984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 678949 2022-09-22T10:43:34.199331 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1084025 1083796 2024-09-20T13:36:28.248898 2023-09-21T09:59:50.486704 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1083970 2015-06-27T15:15:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 386182 2015-06-27T15:15:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19259 2024-09-20T13:36:54.338690 application/rdf+xml 16737 2024-09-20T13:36:31.089890 image/jpeg 3443 2024-09-20T13:36:31.045869 image/jpeg 428507 2024-09-20T13:36:30.145897 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia